A student promoting Turning Point USA recorded video of faculty and students protesting at her table

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Updated: 7:04 PM CDT Aug 28, 2017

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WEBVTT >>rt BECKY THE NEO FASCIST RIGHTHERE.>> THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL VIDEOSUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOrtSOPHOMORE KAITLYN MULLENRECORDED FRIDAY, AS SHE WASRECRUITING MEMBERS FOR HERGROUP, TURNING POINT USA, FIGHTWHITE NATIONALISM, FIGHT WHITESUPREMACHER rtBOOTH, IN FRONT OF THESTUDENT UNION, MET WITH SOrtOPPOSITION.PTHEY WERE CIRCLING MY TABLE,SCREAMING PROFANITIES, CALLINGME THE KKK, WHITE NATIONALISTMULLEN SAYS 5 WOMEN SHOWED UrtWITH SIGNS, INCLUDING A GRADSTUDENT, AND PROFESSORS.I WAS HONESTLY, IT MADE ME FEELUNSAFE, I WAS ALONE, THESE WOMENWERE BEING AGGRESSIVE IN WHATTHrtEY WERE SAYINGTURNING POINT USA CLAIMS TO BE ANON PARTISAN, CONSERVATIVE GROPROMOTING FREEDOM, FREE MARKETSAND LIMITED GOrtVERNMENT.BUT IT'S NOT WITHOUTCONTROVERSY, PARTICULARLY ITS'PROFESSOR WATCHLIST' SITE,DESIGNED TO QUOTE, EXPOSE ANDDOCUMENT PROFESSORS WHODISCRIMIANTE AGAINSTCONSERVATIVE STUDENTS ANDADVANCE LErtFTIST PROPAGANDA INTHE CLASSROOM.>> WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GETINVOLVED>> MULLEN, HELPING HER UNOMEMBERS RECRUIT MONDAY, WHILEHER CELL PHONE VIDEOS, POSTED TOSOCIAL MEDIA, GAIN MORE AND MOREATTENTION.rt>> WANTS TO DESTROY PUBLICSCHOOLS, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES,HATES DACA KIDS.>> IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERETHAT'S FRIGHTENING, DANIELLrtE,NOT FRIGHTENING, NO>> INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIESSTAFFER, DANIELLE POWELL, THINKSFREE SPEECH, GOES BOTH WAYS.>> IF SHE WANTS THE RIGHT TO BEABLE TO TABLE AND HAVE HERrtOPINION, SHE HAS TO RESPECT

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomore recorded cell phone video of what she's calling aggressive harassment.

Kaitlyn Mullen was recruiting for her local chapter of Turning Point USA outside of the student union Friday when she says five women, including some professors and a graduate student, started protesting loudly with signs.

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The cell phone video shows a woman making a sign, and another woman holding a sign that says 'Just Say No! To Neo-Fascism,' saying "Neo-fascist Becky right here," and chanting "fight white nationalism, fight white supremacy."

The video also shows the graduate student flipping off the camera.

"They were circling my table, screaming profanities, calling me the KKK, white nationalist," Mullen said. "It was, honestly, it made me feel unsafe, I was alone, these women were being aggressive in what they were saying."

But the group hasn't escaped controversy- particularly its 'professor watchlist' website, designed to "expose and document professors who discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom," according to the site.

Mullen was back in action Monday, on UNO's campus this time, to help its chapter recruit more members.

When shown the protest videos, some people on campus said they'd like to know more about Turning Point USA before forming an opinion.

Others didn't think the videos were overtly aggressive or went beyond the bounds of free speech.

"Not frightening, no," Danielle Powell with Inclusive Communities said, "if she wants the right to be able to table and have her opinion, she has to respect those who have other opinions than her."

UNL is investigating the incident, and met with Mullen Monday morning.

University spokesman Steve Smith released the following statement:

"Regarding last Friday’s incident outside the Nebraska Union, University Police first ensured the safety of the student involved and the university immediately began an investigation. We are committed to free speech from all viewpoints and to maintaining an atmosphere conducive to learning, which includes civil discourse."

The graduate student identified in the images did not respond to KETV's messages. The professor, seen holding a sign that says 'Turning Point: Put me on your watch list, Prof. Amanda Gailey,' responded with an email, saying she did not harass a student.

"I talked with the student only to express compassion for her as a person," Gailey wrote.